Barclays PLC Sells 44,930 Shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ)

Barclays PLC lowered its stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 77.9% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 12,756 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 44,930 shares during the period. Barclays PLC’s holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF were worth $622,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Renaissance Technologies LLC bought a new stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF during the second quarter worth $986,000. Edgestream Partners L.P. bought a new stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $212,000. TPG Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $206,000. Bank of Montreal Can raised its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 48.3% in the second quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 4,524,511 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $190,934,000 after purchasing an additional 1,473,480 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Insigneo Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 7.7% during the second quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 39,570 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,665,000 after purchasing an additional 2,825 shares in the last quarter.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Stock Performance

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF stock opened at $45.80 on Friday. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a fifty-two week low of $30.89 and a fifty-two week high of $55.58. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $46.15 and its 200 day simple moving average is $46.98. The stock has a market cap of $5.38 billion, a PE ratio of 24.80 and a beta of 1.03.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Company Profile

Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index (the Index). The Index provides exposure to a global universe of publicly traded small- and medium-capitalization companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining, hold real property that has the potential to produce at least 50% of the Company’s revenue from gold or silver mining when developed, or primarily invest in gold or silver.